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Not a lively group of students

Spirited Volume one: Day of the Living Liv by Liv Livingston

January 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Liv Livingston tells her story in Spirited Volume one: Day of the Living Liv. Okay, I am not sure who the author actually is, maybe she has a ghostwriter? After all, Liv is starting a new school and her classmates are kinda a dead bunch to be around. No really, a lot of them are ghosts and boy do they have questions about Liv and being alive! (Yes, we need umbrellas when it rains.) This is a cute story about being yourself and that is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Young Adult Tagged With: being yourself, family, friendship, ghosts, Glass House Graphics, Liv Livingston, self-esteem, Spirits

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:48 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Young Adult · Tags: being yourself, family, friendship, ghosts, Glass House Graphics, Liv Livingston, self-esteem, Spirits ·
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I am me and you are you and both are awesome so lets be friends!

Lili Macaroni by Nicole Testa

Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim

September 1, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Self-esteem, acceptance, and emotions are usually the main themes of most books these days and picture books are no exception. The below titles take those familiar themes and magically combines them into two different tales. I picked up Lili Macaroni as I wanted to take a photo of the cover and send to a friend of mine. I asked her if the girl looked familiar to her, too. And yes, we thought it looked like her youngest child. And yes, Lili of the story was […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Anna Kim, Annie Boulanger, being yourself, differences, friendship, Nicole Testa, school, self-esteem

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:270 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Anna Kim, Annie Boulanger, being yourself, differences, friendship, Nicole Testa, school, self-esteem ·
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Sometimes a book is meant to be read once, then never talked about again….

The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood

Lana Lynn Howls at the Moon by Rebecca Van Slyke

May 24, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is official: I think I have finally read too many picture books! All of them seem to blend together with story lines and themes which makes them seem weak and watered down. At least to me. Does that mean I am going to stop reading picture books? Heck no! Just because both The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood (illustrations by Hannah Marks) and Lana Lynn Howls at the Moon by Rebecca Van Slyke (illustrated by Anca Sandu) were not my cup of tea, does […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Anca Sandu, being yourself, Deborah Underwood, Hannah Marks, lambs, pandas, Rebecca Van Slyke

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:180 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Anca Sandu, being yourself, Deborah Underwood, Hannah Marks, lambs, pandas, Rebecca Van Slyke ·
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